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Evan Reidell
Can't install Win98SE on a computer "Designed for Windows XP" ?
My tried-and-true trick of
(a) booting from Win98 SE CDROM
(b) fdisk
(c) delete all partitions
(d) make one big Primary partition
(e) reboot from Win98 SE CDROM
(f) run Windows Setup
(g) have the drive formatted [recommended!]
has failed, on a computer "Designed for Windows XP".
I also bought a brand new out-the-shrinkwrap hard drive;
it's not the drive.
Error is "Win98 cannot format this hard drive; please exit Setup".
Is there something about "Designed for Windows XP" machines and hard
disk controllers that will not allow older OS installs?
That sucks!!
-- evan
My tried-and-true trick of
(a) booting from Win98 SE CDROM
(b) fdisk
(c) delete all partitions
(d) make one big Primary partition
(e) reboot from Win98 SE CDROM
(f) run Windows Setup
(g) have the drive formatted [recommended!]
has failed, on a computer "Designed for Windows XP".
I also bought a brand new out-the-shrinkwrap hard drive;
it's not the drive.
Error is "Win98 cannot format this hard drive; please exit Setup".
Is there something about "Designed for Windows XP" machines and hard
disk controllers that will not allow older OS installs?
That sucks!!
-- evan